Pancit Molomi? at Wewins during a stormy afternoon

I was glad to squeeze in this visit despite the heavy downpour today. Before I even reached the said snack shop, I already know what I'm going to order, Pancit Molo and hamburger. The former to form part of my pancit Molo quest and the latter being one of the popular items, I heard.

So after ordering I chose a spot facing the wall to minimize curious onlookers during my photo shoot. As usual I took some shots around the place like their "Mega" menus and their pasalubong shelves. It came to me that time that Wewin's is just like a pioneering neighbourhood bakery that went big-time because of a famous product (that being biscocho) then decided to serve short orders (and turo-turo) as expansion of the products.

My burger and drinks arrive first and after a few minutes the waitress said pancit Molo was unavailable that time and she suggested lomi. Being curious with the lomi an old lady two tables away from me ordered, I consented.

Their burger was a dismay since it was just like the one being sold in the streets wrapped in table napkin and inside clear plastic bags. The patty looked very minute and unappealing. When the lomi arrived I was surprised to see no lomi noodles (those thick yellow ones) but noodles that looked like efuven. I chomped the burger first and to my surprise the patty was thick but buried deep down the very crunchy lower bun and it packed a lot of taste.

Efuven was the right noodle choice for their lomi since it was in proportion with the other ingredients and it gave an impression of a big order. It would have not looked nice when they used those thick lomi noodles with those small cut vegetable and meat (which I think they also use for their batchoy)

Though lomi was not what I came for but I went home satisfied. (though I was tempted to order sio pao on top of my 70 peso order.)

An Ilonggo favorite - Valenciana

Found in almost all occasions like fiesta, birthdays, reunions and others, Ilonggos really love valenciana because most if not all have grown accustomed of having it in special gatherings at home. A complete " go, grow and glow " dish because it has the carbohydrates, protein and vitamins and minerals in just one spoonful, Valenciana is really an " occasional dish ". Here's the recipe for Valenciana

Ultimate Ilonggo Favorite: KBL Kadyos, Baboy, Langka

K.B.L. or Kadyos, Baboy, Langka is the ultimate favorite dish of most Ilonggos. It is also one of the most missed native dishes as kadyos and the souring ingredient, batwan , are hard to find when outside of the Ilonggo region. Basically, it is boiled/stewed pork dish owing its "deliciousness" to the combination of the soft and tender pork, the tamed sourness of batwan and the malinamnam na sabaw . One of the "secrets" of the malinamnamn na sabaw , is the fact that the pork, whether just the plain meat or pata (hocks) are first grilled or broiled. This gives the broth a rather smoky taste that makes it more appetizing.. Learn how to make the Ilonggo dish KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, at Langka) with the recipe below. Ingredients 1 kilo Pata (pork hocks) or pork cubes, GRILLED and sliced into bite size pieces 1 unripe Jack fruit, cubed 2 cups pigeon pea (kadyos) 6-8 pieces batwan fruit (or tamarind powder) 1 piece por...

A native delicacy called Inday-inday

Now you may ask, what is Inday-Inday ? It's another repetitive-feminine named native delicacy that is made from rice like its more popular sister - baye-baye . While the latter is has its own original flavor and make, inday-inday is actually a combination of two well loved native delicacies - muasi ( palitaw ) and bukayo . But the muasi portion is not the the usual palitaw recipe for the it's more firm and gummy (I don't know the English term for kid-ol ). Actually its more like a hardened kutsinta and this makes it more to my liking since I'm not really fond of muasi in the first place. And its not quite easy to find inday-inday in the market today, though I've seen and tried it in Sabor Ilonggo stalls but their's is more like suman latik for the based is ibos -like. Ibos is malagkit rice boiled in gata which is called suman in Tagalog. Despite the uncertainty for its nomenclature (I've read that inday-inday is just plain pal...

Muasi

A confession to start this blogpost - I consider MUASI as one of my hated native delicacies given its bland taste even with the sugar dip. But that was back during my childhood days. Maybe be because I may have used less sugar or might have completely forgotten to "dip" it at all. Yet nowadays, I have learned to appreciate it especially when its freshly cooked with the muscovado teeming the aroma of roasted sesame seeds. So let's make some MUASI

An Ilonggo favorite - Suman Latik

Suman Latik is one of my favorite native delicacies - plain suman/ibos topped with sweetened coconut strips or bukayo . Most of the time those sold in the markets have this two (suman and bukayo) already in one wrap and all you have to to is devour it. But most of the time, the bukayo portion is bitin that I wish there's more. So why not make our own suman latik so you can have all the suman we want with all the bukayo toppings we desire! Here's a simple recipe for Suman Latik

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